Terpenes are volatile organic compounds that are responsible for, among other things, the typical scents of plants, resins or ...

Scientists at the Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo) have successfully realized the highly selective asymmetric 1,6 ...

Scientists are putting the pedal to the metal to develop new antibiotics. Metal-based drugs can open a new world of medicine, ...

Host–guest chemistry is a vibrant area of supramolecular science that explores the encapsulation of smaller guest molecules within the cavities of larger host compounds, leading to the formation of ...

A major step towards simpler drug development has been taken at the University of Gothenburg. In a new study, researchers ...

A major step towards simpler drug development has been taken at the University of Gothenburg. In a new study, researchers have developed stable boron-fluorine compounds that make it possible to ...

Scientists don’t know the limits of chemical space—the collection of all possible molecules—but a new analysis concludes chemists have discovered new compounds in that space at an exponential rate ...

Matthew Addicoat receives funding from EPSRC and the Royal Society. The universe is flooded with billions of chemicals, each a tiny pinprick of potential. And we’ve only identified 1% of them.

Researchers have discovered that a chemical compound found in essential oils improves the healing process in mice when it is topically applied to a skin wound. Indiana University researchers have ...